Coyote: How to turn the BMW R nineT into a desert sled

Most factory 'scramblers' are more about style than actual off-road ability. And that even includes the BMW R nineT Urban G/S: although it includes the famed Gelände/Straße designation, we wouldn't take it too far off the beaten track. But for Karles Vives, ability is everything. He's the founder of the Spanish custom shop Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles, and organizer of the 2,500 km ‘Scram’ tour that happens in North Africa. So when BMW Motorrad Spain gave Fuel a brand new Urban G/S to modify, hardening it up for off-piste riding was inevitable. But Karles and his team didn't draw inspiration from...